We are living in the days the prophets spoke of and warned us about. Today,
more than ever, we need to recognize the consequences of not walking in the
way of righteousness. The prophet Isaiah informs us:

Isaiah could not have described our justice system any more thoroughly if
he had read today's newspaper or listened to the local news. Justice is turned
away backwards in this nation. The justice system in this country has completely
changed from what the founding fathers expected it to be. Truth has fallen
in the street to be trodden underfoot by those who are elected and appointed
to uphold the truth.

Isaiah related, ". . . equity cannot enter." The word equity means
"straightforwardness." Today we witness deception, especially in politics,
advertising, and even in the church. When the church system or charity
organizations need money, they often use deceptive means to obtain what they
ask for, only to lavish it on their own lusts, in what is termed "administrative
expense."

As we begin to search God's Word for His true justice and judgment, it becomes
clear how far we have fallen from God's legislative design. From the beginning,
God's justice and judgment always went together. Judgment without justice
will only produce chaos, frustration, and anarchy.

Just before God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, the angel of the Lord came
to Abraham, and said:

"Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all
the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him.

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after
him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment;
that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which He hath spoken of him." Genesis
18:18-19

The angels knew Abraham would not only teach his children and his household
to keep the way of the Lord, he would command them to do justice and judgment.
The angels promised if Abraham would do this, God would bring upon Abraham
all he had spoken to him. God not only promised Abraham He would bless him,
but He would make him a blessing. He also promised Abraham He would bless
all who blessed him, and curse all those who cursed him. God gave Abraham
all the land he set foot on and all the land his eye could behold north,
east, south, and west. God could fulfill all His promises to Abraham because
Abraham's judgment was always with justice.

The main promise God made to Abraham was that He would make him a great nation.
This God did through His seed, Christ Jesus. The great nation God would make
out of Abraham is the holy nation, Spiritual Israel, of whom Christ Jesus
is the head. [see "Mystery Israel Revealed " by G. Kirkpatrick]

Down through the history of ancient Israel, God chose men who knew judgment
without justice was not acceptable before God. David was one of those men.

"And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice
unto all his people." II Samuel 8:15

David executed judgment and justice to all the people --- not just his close
friends, or those who contributed to his campaign fund, or those from whom
he could get something in return. David knew and understood the commandments
given to Israel by the prophet Moses:

"Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person
of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt
thou judge thy neighbour." Leviticus 19:15

God's judgment is to be just before all the rich, the poor, and the mighty.
Justice is supposed to be blind. Justice is not to consider a person's lineage,
status in life, or one's likes or dislikes for the accused. In the last few
years we have certainly seen the rich shown special privileges. We witness
judgment turned away backwards, and truth fallen in the streets.

The case of the famous athlete who was accused of killing his exwife and
her friend shows how far judgment and truth have fallen away backwards. This
man was many times a millionaire. For his defense, he was able to hire what
was called "The Dream Team". In reality, they were only hired assassins,
who assassinated the character of every witness. If anything was said about
the accused, his violent temper, or his history of domestic violence, it
was not allowed as evidence. He was found innocent, even though the abundance
of evidence was not in his favor.

After this man was found innocent, a civil suit was filed, charging him with
the wrongful death of his exwife and friend. In this case he was found guilty,
and ordered to pay the relatives of the murder victims large sums of money
as restitution for his part in the murders.

How far the justice system has slipped. According to the constitution of
the United States, when someone is found innocent by a jury of their twelve
peers, they are to be deemed innocent. If he was innocent of these deaths,
how could he be found guilty of their wrongful death?

The question is not whether this man is innocent or guilty. The question
is, "Has the justice system of this nation turned away backwards from God?"
It must be noted in this case, there were no other suspects, and no suspects
are being sought to solve these murders.

Another case in recent years was the murder of the six-year old beauty queen.
The mother, father, and twelve year old son were the only ones in the house.
There was no evidence found outside the house, no footprints in the snow
or soft earth around the house, no forced entry. All the evidence was confined
to the house. The parents of the child were very wealthy, and had much influence
in the community where they lived. The police supposedly had messed up and
destroyed much of the evidence. In the years following the murder, no suspects
were sought outside the household, and yet this crime also goes unsolved.
Whether the parents or the son are innocent or guilty is beside the point.
The point is that money has swayed or completely sidetracked the justice
system. Truth and justice have truly fallen in the street.

Moses directed the Judges:

"And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between
your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and
the stranger that is with him." Deuteronomy 1:16

God demands justice for every man, whether he is our brother, family member,
acquaintance, or a complete stranger. Today in the court system, race has
become a deciding factor. If an African American, Hispanic, or other minority
is found guilty of a crime, often the feeling is that it was because of their
race. Innocence or guilt have nothing to do with justice in these cases.
The feeling continues, if a caucasion is found innocent it is often felt
it is because he or she is white. It is because of such injustices in the
system, that these angers and misunderstandings exist. God and His laws have
been removed from the court room, and the law which can be purchased with
money or power has become the law of inequity. The question of innocence
or guilt should be based on evidence and fact, not race or color. Moses explained
this fact to ancient Israel:

"If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that
the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn
the wicked." Deuteronomy 25:1

Today it is the exact opposite. The righteous are condemned when they stand
up for what is right, and the wicked are justified in their wickedness.

Today when someone stands up for moral justice, they are called moral freaks,
old fuddy-duddies, Bible thumpers, or worse. Many times, the righteous are
found guilty for trying to protect what they have from those who would steal
or take it by force. The judge, in any case, should always justify the righteous,
and see that the wicked are punished. But more often than not, the wicked
are deemed in the right, although the law is against them.

The Bible is the only basis for the law. The law of God is pure, untainted
by the mind of man. George Washington, the father of this nation, stated:

. . . it is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.
. ."

How far this nation has gone away from this original idea. The whole basis
for this government being founded was freedom to worship God in their own
way. It was spelled out by the founding fathers that the god we were given
the right to worship was the God of the Bible, the one true God, the living
God. Truly we have seen the words of Moses come true in our day:

The Supreme Court of the United States has declared freedom for all religions.
Because of this, men in this nation have forsaken the God of our founding
fathers, and now worship new gods whom our fathers feared not.

The Supreme Court has outlawed God in our schools. Prayer has become a crime.
If a student wants to study and practice witchcraft, do yoga, embrace new
age, or any other false religion, this is acceptable. But if a group of students
want to hold a Bible study, it is often found to be against the separation
of church and state. How the legal system has defiled God and His Word. If
someone tries to stop them, it is an infringement on their constitutional
rights. Students are allowed to sacrifice unto devils, but if they desire
to study the Bible, they can be expelled from school. Libraries have been
ordered to put the Bible with the adult books, and children are sometimes
not allowed to check them out. Then we wonder why crime among our young has
skyrocketed. Suicide among teens is the highest ever. The children who have
grown up in this atomic age often have no hope.

God has been banned from our children, while hard rock and acid rock blare
in the hallways of our public schools. Drugs are readily available. Sex is
uncontrolled, and perverted sex (homosexuality and lesbianism) is taught
as an alternate life style. Then we ask,

"What is wrong with the younger generation, who have no morals, no sense
of right or wrong?"

Their clothes read, "NO FEAR!" because there is no fear of God or the justice
system in this land. They have no respect for God, man, or other individual's
property. But most of all they have no respect for the government, nor for
those who are elected to run the government.

When the highest official in the land is a proven sodomite, a proven liar
who is suspected of fraud, misappropriation of power, and even suspected
of murder, how can our children or anyone look to such an example?

There are two governing bodies in the land: the House of Representatives
and the Senate. The House of Representatives is elected by the people to
represent the households in their district. The Senate is elected by the
people to represent their state in Washington. Those who represent the households
voted to impeach this high official, but the Senate was bribed and coerced
to exonerate and overthrow the vote of those who represent the households
in this land. Justice and truth were not only thrown in the streets, they
were trodden underfoot by those who were elected to defend the constitution.

These actions set a precedent for any and all godless actions by our governmental
officials. A nation which is run by alcoholics, drug addicts, and sex perverts
cannot last, because God is a just and jealous God. This nation can expect
God's judgment hand to fall heavily upon it. When a government or a people
lose their respect for, or their fear of God, then they become capable of
doing anything.

Andrew Jackson, President of the United States after the Civil war, proclaimed:

". . . the Bible is the rock on which our republic rests."

Andrew Jackson knew and understood that all man's laws are to be based on
the Bible, and that the Bible was the rock on which this nation was founded.
When this rock was removed by the Supreme Court, then our foundation became
one of sand. We know by the words of Jesus:

"And everyone that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall
be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat
upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it." Matthew 7:26-27

Anyone who has Spiritual eyes and Spiritual ears, knows the rain is beginning
to fall, and the wind is mightily blowing upon this "great house" known as
the United States of America. Truly, the fall of this "great house" will
come from the hand of God.

As we witness the weakening of everything this nation once stood for, we
can sense the rain, and feel the wind blowing upon our financial institutions
and the legal system which has become corrupt, lazy, and inefficient. There
is little trust in our government officials or in the decisions which they
make.

Dissident groups are on the rise. Youth gangs control the streets of our
cities. The school systems, which receive government help, can only teach
what the government allows. Even the church system, which was free in God,
has become enslaved to the government, becoming fearful of governmental attacks
if they do not do exactly what they are told.

Racial groups are becoming more organized and violent. Why? There is only
one answer. This nation has forsaken the rock on which it was founded, and
it has become a house, dependent on its sand foundation, . . . and it will
fall! The prophet Isaiah revealed where this nation was in the beginning:

"Yet they seek Me daily, and delight to know My ways, as a nation that did
righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of Me
the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God." Isaiah
58:2

When this nation began, people sought God daily in their homes, in local
governments, and in the federal government. In the home, each day began with
prayer. The town hall meetings were always begun by asking for God's help
and guidance. School assemblies began with prayer. School classes had their
time of prayer and the pledge of allegiance. Even the federal government
meetings began by asking God's guidance and direction in the decisions they
had to make. How far we have fallen as a nation, in our school systems, and
in our homes.

When we practiced these simple truths, we truly were a nation that did
righteousness. But when we forsook the ordinances of God, instead of a nation
who spoke peace, we became the aggressors. Instead of a nation who stood
and fought for right, we became the biggest exporter of pornography, drugs,
and all other perversions. The movies made in our day are full of sex, drinking,
homosexuality, violence, and every other abomination known to God. No longer
are we a nation who delights in approaching unto God.

Even Harry Truman, who was called "Give them hell, Harry" knew the value
of the Bible in any society. He wrote:

". . .the fundamental basis of this nation's law was given to Moses on the
Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings
we get from Exodus and St. Matthew, from Isaiah and St. Paul. I don't think
we emphasize that enough these days. If we don't have the proper fundamental
moral background, we will finally wind up with a totalitarian government
which does not believe in rights for anybody but the state."

How true! Truman's words have come to pass. This nation has become a totalitarian
government. According to Webster, the word totalitarian means "a centralized
government which suppresses all rival political parties." This certainly
has become true of the government of the United States. The two party system
is in reality a one party system because there are no differences between
either party. They both make promises they have no intentions of keeping.
They lie, cheat, and steal to get elected, and continue this process to stay
in office. Both parties only believe in the rights of the government. This
will bring its eventual downfall. President Abraham Lincoln once said,

"No army by force could take a drink out of the Mississippi River. But this
nation's downfall would be from within".

The evidence of this downfall is everywhere.

Under the Constitution the people are granted certain rights. But they can
only enjoy these rights as long as they do not try to exercise them. In reality,
when they try to exercise their constitutional rights or their God-given
rights as human beings, they discover very quickly they have no rights. Rights
of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness have been usurped by the
government they believed in and supported. They soon realize justice has
turned away backward, and truth has fallen in the streets.

As we study God's Word, it becomes very clear that God is not surprised about
what has happened to our legal system, and the government as a whole. God
spoke through the pen of the prophet Daniel:

"This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word
of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High
ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will, and setteth
up over it the basest of men." Daniel 4:17

God is still in charge of the kingdoms of men, and He sets over them the
basest of men. The word basest means "lowest of station." We are not being
ruled by the elite, we are being governed by the basest, lowest form of life
on the earth. We only need to view some of the heinous crimes our country
has been guilty of in the last few years to realize how far this so-called
Christian nation has fallen.

First, we must realize the founding fathers stated that this was to be a
government of the people, by the people, and for the people. In 1985, in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, there was a group called "MOVE". This group was
charged with making too much noise and annoying the neighbors, and they had
strange habits. When the police tried to evict them, they resisted. The Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was called in to assist the local police. The
authorities informed the "MOVE" organization they would use whatever force
necessary to remove them, and they would not tolerate insubordination. This
is exactly the same statement made by the United Nations to all nations on
earth. The decision was made by the mayor, local police, and the FBI to bomb
them out. A bomb was dropped by a police helicopter, killing eleven people
- - - four of which were small children.

The Constitution states that a person is innocent, until proven guilty. This
was a SWAT team activity which became judge, jury, and executioner. It is
hard to imagine what those four innocent children were guilty of. The home
where this organization lived was not the only property destroyed. A whole
city block of 60 homes was burned. What were these people guilty of?

The "MOVE" organization was made to seem less-than-human in the press to
try to justify these murders and destruction of property.

In April of 1992, the FBI and the United State's Marshals ascended in force
with many men armed with combat weapons on Randy Weaver's cabin in Ruby Ridge,
Idaho. Marshalls confronted Randy's son, his dog, and a friend named Harris.
The SWAT team shot and killed the Weaver's dog. The agents, with instructions
to shoot to kill any armed adult, wounded Harris. Harris fired in self-defense,
killing one of the agents. This began a nine-day siege with the killing of
Weaver's wife, while she held their infant child. The agents were tried and
convicted, and an Appeals Court upheld the decision. The government was ordered
to pay a large settlement. Nothing could repay the loss of a wife, and pay
for the trauma suffered by the family, especially the innocent child who
probably will be mentally scarred the rest of its life.

It is the government's belief that money can pay for all its injustices.
Money can only recompense; it cannot replace life. Life in the sight of God
is precious, and it is to be protected at all cost. But life has become very
cheap, when it can be recompensed with money.

It was only six months after the Ruby Ridge tragedy when the Waco Siege took
place in February of 1993. The Branch Davidians, led by David Karesh, were
ordered to surrender and vacate their property. This seige would last fifty-one
days. This was the longest, costliest, and most destructive police action
on American soil.

During the seige the government, knowing there were children involved, made
the decision to shut off all food deliveries, and to shut off the electric
and water. Movies made at the time show the government shooting at the compound
with automatic weapons. The government tried to explain away what was obvious
tracer bullets as glints of the sun. But glints of the sun are not symmetrical.

Then at the end of the fifty-one day seige, tanks rammed the building, while
more shots were being fired by the ATF, the FBI, and the local law enforcement.
One of the excuses used for this attack, was that child abuse was going on
inside the compound. When the tanks rammed the building, it broke out in
flames and burned totally to the ground. Seventy-five people, including seventeen
innocent children, died. This is certainly not a way to end child abuse.
Again, the government became judge, jury, and executioner. This action was
justified by the government.

David Karesh and his followers were made to seem less than human by the
government-controlled press. Again, zero tolerance was shown when government
orders were resisted. Where was the jury of their peers who found these
seventy-five guilty of a crime which demands capital punishment? Again, what
were these seventeen innocent children guilty of?

Many other cases of the abuse of power have been recorded. This nation speaks
of human rights all over the earth. Where was human rights in the case of
MOVE, Randy Weaver, and Waco? None were proven guilty of anything in a court
of law. Their only sin was defying the government. Or were they simply trying
to exercise their rights guaranteed by the constitution? They were judged,
found guilty, and executed by those who were elected to uphold the constitution.
This is not God's law or His justice. It is simply the law of the jungle,
the survival of the fittest, or the most powerful.

As we witness time and time again how wealth and fame sway the so-called
justice system, we remember a few years after the MOVE incident in Philadelphia,
the heir to one of the nation's richest chemical fortunes killed his personal
wrestling trainer. This man was mentally disturbed. He had a tank and drove
around his estate making numerous threats to people in the nearby village.
It was known by the local police that this man was dangerous. Yet they did
nothing about his threats to do bodily harm. So how did the police take this
man into custody. They did not bomb his mansion, nor was it a long, drawn
out seige. They very gently took him into custody, and he will live out his
days in an expensive asylum. How money and fame make a difference in the
justice system.

The prophet Isaiah spoke of the justice system of our day:

"Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his
ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins
have hid His face from you, that He will not hear." Isaiah 59:1-2

We wonder why God's blessing is no longer on this nation. The financial system
is a house of cards. The stock market is over-inflated. Insurance companies
have invested heavily in failed enterprises. People who have worked all their
lives discover their retirement funds have been stolen or squandered on bad
investments.

Iniquities have separated this nation from their God. The word iniquity means
"perverseness and depravity." The people have become depraved. The word depraved
means "to be corrupt in one's moral values." Truly, this is one of the most
depraved nations on the face of the earth. They have forsaken every one of
God's righteous judgments. The Psalmist writes:

"God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry (with the wicked) every day."
Psalm 7:11

As we look at the phrase "with the wicked", we find it is in italics which
means this phrase was added for clarification. If we read this Psalm as the
Psalmist wrote it, the Scripture reads, "God judgeth the righteous, and God
is angry every day." God is not angry with the wicked. The wicked are doing
exactly what the wicked are expected to do.

Those whom God is angry with are those who have taken His name in vain. God
is angry every day with those who are called by His name, and have subscribed
to His righteousness, yet act and do as the wicked. This is why Isaiah declared
- - - because of their sins - - - God has hid His face from them.

Isaiah also stated that because of their sin, God will not hear their prayers
and supplications. Their iniquities have separated them from their God.

Isaiah informs us this nation's hands are defiled with blood. The lust for
violence has pervaded this land, until all that is seen and heard is violence,
sex, drugs and every other kind of mayhem. Television, movies, rock music,
magazines, smut newspapers, even the internet is filled with violence and
perversion of every sort.

Sex is perverted to the place where our children growing up do not know what
is proper and what is not. Young girls have sex before their teen years because
this is all they know about being an adult.

As Isaiah stated, ". . . their hands are defiled with blood." This nation's
hands are defiled with blood. When the unborn are slaughtered by abortion,
the blood of the innocent is truly shed. This nation has failed to learn
the lesson of King Manasseh. The Bible records the heinous acts of this king:

"Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem
from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in
doing that which was evil in the sight of the Lord." II Kings 21:16

Manasseh's hands, too, were defiled with innocent blood. Because of this,
he caused all Judah to sin.

The Supreme Court of this nation has caused millions of people to sin because
of their ungodly and unconstitutional decisions to give the parents the right
to murder the unborn. We are given further insight into Manasseh's sin:

"And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with
innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon." II Kings 24:4

God will not pardon the shedding of innocent blood. The word pardon means
"forgive." God will not forgive a nation who allows the shedding of innocent
blood. Then what about those who have been instrumental in causing or
participating in an abortion?

As Isaiah the prophet informed us, ". . . the Lord's hand is not shortened
(slack) that it cannot save, neither is His ear heavy (dull) that He cannot
hear. . ." Isaiah 59:1.

God can save and God can hear a repentant heart. God does not hear the words
of our mouth. He knows the thoughts and intents of the heart. Because of
this, His judgments are always right and true.

Isaiah continues his insight into the time in which we live:

"None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity,
and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity." Isaiah
59:4

How this describes the justice system and the political arena today. Isaiah
cried out, "None calleth for justice. . ." Today, when you hire a lawyer,
he is not interested in your innocence or guilt. He only tries to get the
best deal he can from a corrupt and unjust court system. The court system
is only interested in court costs and lawyer fees. The judges and lawyers
all belong to the same country clubs and social orders. More decisions are
made at the golf course than in the court room.

Isaiah also stated, ". . . none pleadeth for truth." How true this has become
in our modern day world. Lying has almost become an art form. When someone
stands up for truth, they are shouted down or ignored. This is so very true
in the legal system and politics. Even the children have learned lying, cheating,
and stealing from the many perverted sit-coms on television. The so-called
soap operas have all but obliterated the normal life style in this nation.
Marriage was once a holy institution - - - protected and honored. The soap
operas have made marriage a mockery. Today, instead of marriage being a holy
institution, it has become an archaic idea. And so "shacking up" is the order
of the day. The soap operas display the reality of the words of Jeremiah:

"There were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's
wife." Jeremiah 5:8

Now violating the marriage vows is fashionable. Having an affair is expected.
Even wife-swapping has become the rage of the age. How God's heart must break
when He views how man has made a mockery of His Word and His trust.

When Isaiah stated, ". . .none pleadeth for truth. . ." this certainly includes
the political world of today. One of our presidents who was caught in a
bold-faced lie, simply stated that lying is a part of politics. This has
certainly been true in the last few election campaigns.

Isaiah stated, ". . . they trust in vanity and speak lies. . ." The word
vanity means "formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness, nothingness,
a place of chaos." This is what people have put their trust in. They have
forsaken the life God intended for them to live, and have accepted the
nothingness, confusion, and chaos of the worldly system. Jesus revealed to
John on the Isle of Patmos what these who have forsaken God can expect:

"But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and
whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their
part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second
death." Revelation 21:8

Liars are in the same category as murders and whoremongers. Those who practice
witchcraft and worship idols will all partake of the second death which is
the destruction of the soul.

Isaiah tells us those who trust in vanity and speak lies conceive mischief
and bring forth iniquity. Because these have forsaken God's way, they can
expect trouble, sorrow, and grief all the days of their lives.

Isaiah continues his discourse to this end time generation:

"Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their
thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths."
Isaiah 59:7

We allow our children to view all the violence and machoism on television,
then wonder why our children have become so violent. Preteens commit murder
just to see how it feels. Respect for parent's property and God is non-existent.
Murders happen right before our eyes, and we are so hardened by all the violence,
we do not even flinch.

Teenagers raped a woman in a city park while onlookers cheered them on. Truly
our young and our adult's feet have run to evil and their thoughts are on
evil (wickedness) continually.

We watch while riots break out, cars are burned, windows are broken, with
mass looting following. Wasting and destruction seems to be the order of
the day. The police have, themselves, become brutes when they unmercifully
beat a person during a simple arrest.

We truly live in the day Isaiah spoke of:

"The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings:
they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know
peace." Isaiah 59:8

The way of peace has been lost because they do not know the Prince of Peace.
Christ Jesus is no longer thought to be anything but an imaginary God who
has nothing more to do with planet earth. Even those who call themselves
by His name (Christian) have lost faith in God's judgment. They no longer
believe God will judge this wicked, sin-ridden nation. Jeremiah disclosed:

"For My people is foolish, they have not known Me; they are sottish children,
and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good
they have no knowledge." Jeremiah 4:22

As Isaiah stated, ". . . there is no judgment in their goings. . .". Jeremiah
related, ". . .for My people (Christians) are foolish. . .they have not known
me." Today most who go to church and call themselves by Christ's name do
not know Him. They only know of Him and about Him. But to have a personal
relationship with Him, has never entered their minds. They, as Jeremiah revealed,
are "sottish children" or "foolish children" because they have no understanding
of God, His ways, His righteousness, or His will in their lives. The reason
for this is that all they know is what comes from the pulpits or from television
evangelists who only talk about money and big works. They do not teach about
the need for a personal relationship with God. If we are to know God, we
must know Him through His whole Word, not only in the New Testament, but
we must also know Him in the Old Testament.

As Jeremiah wrote, ". . . they are wise to do evil. . ." They have been taught
evil from their youth up, but to do good they have no knowledge because all
they witness is the evil that surrounds them.

Isaiah stated, ". . .they have made them crooked paths. . ." . This is where
they walk because they do not know to do differently. When they see others
walking this way, they believe it must be the right way. God informs us that
whoever walks in these crooked paths that the world has set before us will
never know peace.

The whole earth is crying out for peace. But there can be no peace until
God's people straighten out their walk. They must get to know and understand
God through an intimate relationship with Him which they have cultivated
through a daily study of His Word.

Isaiah continues his discourse:

"Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we
wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness."
Isaiah 59:9

There have been many "WAKE UP AMERICA!" calls put forward by many ministries.
Even the secular news systems have voiced concerns about the moral degeneration
of this nation and the justice system.

When Isaiah stated, ". . .judgment is far from us. . .", he realized by the
Spirit what would face this endtime generation. He was given insight into
what would become of justice and the justice system, and how far it would
be from what God intended in the beginning.

Isaiah continued, ". . .neither doth justice overtake us. . .". The word
overtake means "to reach." When we believe in the justice system to uphold
truth, right, and correction, we become profoundly disgusted. Too many times
we witness the results when the righteous are punished and the wicked go
free. Too often the excuse used for these obvious errors is "technicalities."
In reality, technicalities have nothing to do with right and wrong, justice
and injustice.

Isaiah stated, ". . .we wait for light. . .". Light represents understanding.
We try to understand how and why the justice system has fallen so far. When
we look upon the Statue of Lady Justice, she has a blind fold on, meaning
"justice is blind." But since justice has taken the blind fold off to look
at money, the race, the color, and the religious beliefs of those who are
to be judged, the justice system has failed.

Today's so-called justice system will continue to fail as long as the blind
fold is removed from judgment. Our justice system was based on the principle
that a person is innocent until proven guilty. This idea no longer exists.
Now a person is assumed guilty until proven innocent. If the person's innocence
or guilt cannot be proven, then they are assumed guilty. If a person is not
able to afford an expensive lawyer, then the court appoints a lawyer for
them. This is generally an inexperienced lawyer, just out of law school,
or a friend of the court and prosecuting attorney. Justice is certainly not
served in these cases. It is generally a quick court session, or a plea bargain
to get the defendant the best deal the court has to offer. Again innocence
or guilt has nothing to do with the decision made in the case.

God, who is the Father of our legal system, knew justice was to be blind.
He also knew what the court system would become when He set down the rules
for its operation to Moses:

"Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take
a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words
of the righteous." Deuteronomy 16:19

The word wrest means "to bend, twist, or stretch." Justice is not to be bent,
twisted, or stretched in any way. Righteous judgment is to be fair to all
concerned. Justice is not to respect any one person. It is to be fair to
all, no matter the circumstances, situation, or position of the person or
persons involved.

No one in the legal system is to take a gift (bribe). How far our legal system
has strayed from this idea. When a bribe is taken, justice is no longer
impartially blind and fair. The total opposite is true. Those involved have
become blinded to the truth. Quick justice and bribed justice is no justice
at all.

When bribes are taken, then righteousness is perverted. Righteousness and
judgment are one. They should not be separated. When they are separated,
then truth and judgment have fallen in the streets. We look for light and
all we see is obscurity (veiled truth). We look for brightness, and all we
see is darkness, and all hope is lost. When this happens we can only expect
the demise of such a system.

"We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes:
we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead
men.

We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment,
but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us." Isaiah 59:10-11

Isaiah described perfectly where this nation and the world are today. A blind
man has to feel his way because he has no light. This nation, the legal system,
the political system, schools, and even the organized church system have
rejected the Light of Life. They have become as blind, having no eyes (no
vision). They stumble through life with no direction, only doing what suits
their purpose. They truly roar like bears when they discover what their leaders
have become. The all-wise Solomon declared:

"When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked
beareth rule, the people mourn." Proverbs 29:2

The people are mourning because the wicked are bearing rule, yet at election
time, they elect the same kind of people that are now in office. They mourn
sore like doves when they expect justice, yet receive the exact opposite.
Moses spoke of our day when God stated:

"And He said, I will hide My face from them; I will see what their end shall
be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith."
Deuteronomy 32:20

Since this nation has rejected God and legislated Him out of the people's
lives, God has hid His face from this nation, and He knows the end from the
beginning.

Jesus made a profound revelation when He stated:

"Judge not, that ye be not judged.

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure
ye mete, it shall be measured to you again." Matthew 7:1-2

Jesus was speaking to us as individuals, but this can also be applied to
nations. If an individual judges unrighteously, then he or she can only expect
unrighteous judgment from others. On the other hand, if we judge righteously
we can expect to be judged righteously. No one minds being judged righteously.
This also holds true with nations. If a nation has a righteous system of
judgment, then it too can expect righteous judgment from God. But if that
justice system has become corrupt, then they can only expect God's severest
judgment.

Jesus revealed the judgment He will bring upon America. He showed John this
judgment as being upon mystery Babylon, the great whore, which is the United
States of America. [see "Mystery Babylon" by G. Kirkpatrick]

"And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having
great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen,
is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every
foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird." Revelation 18:1-2

Today we are witnessing the beginning of God's judgment on Babylon. This
nation has become the habitation of devils. Every false religion has a
headquarters in this nation. Witchcraft is openly advertised on the television,
with fortune telling, card reading, and the reading of palms. Transcendental
meditation is advertised as a cure for many diseases, including high blood
pressure and heart disease. Every foul spirit from the pits of hell inhabits
this land, and many of its people.

"For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication,
and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants
of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies." Revelation
18:3

The United States has exported her sin all over the earth. The leaders of
the world have committed fornication to receive her grants and free handouts.
The merchants of the earth have become rich through their exports to this
nation. This nation has become so dependent on foreign imports that the trade
deficit is astronomical. The United States will never be able to redeem all
the money held by these nations. This, too, is all part of God's judgment.

God revealed His blessings to those who serve Him, and His curses on those
who have forsaken His voice, His commandments, and His statutes.

"And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice
of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all His commandments which I command
Thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations
of the earth:

And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt
hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God." Deuteronomy 28:1-2

In the beginning, God set this nation on high above all other nations on
earth. God blessed this nation above measure when it hearkened unto His voice
and followed His commandments and statutes. God promised:

"The Lord shall open unto thee His good treasure, the heaven to give the
rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand:
and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be
above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the
commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe
and to do them:" Deuteronomy 28:12-13

When this nation followed God's voice, His commandments, and His statutes,
it lent to many nations. God made it the head, and not the tail.

In contrast, God also promised any nation:

"But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the
Lord thy God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes which
I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and
overtake thee." Deuteronomy 28:15

God promised if a people fail to do His commandments and statutes, all these
curses would come upon them. Then for the next twenty-nine verses God reveals
all the curses He would bring upon the nation which did not follow His statutes
(judgments). As we read these curses, it is plain to see and understand that
all these curses have come upon this nation. The revelation in Deuteronomy
foretells our fate:

"He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head,
and thou shalt be the tail." Deuteronomy 28:44

This nation now borrows from any nation who will lend to it, and because
of this it has become the world's largest debtor nation. God has truly made
this nation the tail, and no longer the head. When the world holds its economic
meetings, our representatives are mocked, jeered, and laughed at - - - if
not in public, in private.

Jesus continued His revelation to John concerning those who live in Babylon
in the end of time:

"And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, My people,
that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues."
Revelation 18:4

God is warning His people to come out of her, or not become part of or depend
upon this great whore government, with its injustices, its prejudices, and
its rejection of God. God warned His people not to partake of her sins, because
if we do then we will also receive of her plagues. What are her plagues?

"Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine;
and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who
judgeth her." Revelation 18:8

Jesus lists her plagues: death (physical death), mourning (sorrow, lamenting),
famine (hunger), and she will be burned with fire (nuclear war). We know
it is the Lord God who will bring this judgment upon the United States. As
Jesus declared, the same judgment one gives out, is the judgment one can
expect to receive back. Since this nation's judgments have become vile, corrupt,
and self-serving, this is what this nation can expect in return.

This nation is the only nation on earth who is guilty of releasing its nuclear
hell upon a population. America did this twice. They declared this to be
justice. So what judgment can this nation expect from a righteous God?

What will be the reaction of all the friends of this nation around the world?
Will they come to the aid of this godless nation?

"And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously
with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke
of her burning,

Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great
city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour is thy judgment come." Revelation
18:9-10

They will stand afar off lamenting because the world's richest marketplace
has been destroyed, and no one will buy their products anymore. Death, mourning,
famine, and fire will come upon this harlot nation in one hour. One hour
is a set period of time.

What will become of those who disobey God's voice, and remain part of this
godless system? They will suffer the same fate as all those who remain in
and depend upon this government for their existence. One of our great military
men who became president of the United States related:

"The Bible is endorsed by the ages. Our civilization is built upon its words."
Dwight D. Eisenhower

When the Bible is ignored in any society, then that society ceases to function
as a civilized people. Rape, murder, perversion, child molestation, fornication,
sodomy . . . the list of abominations before our God becomes endless. When
human beings are involved in activities even the animal world would not do,
how can they call themselves civilized? Without the Word of God, the people
simply become an unruly mob with no justice, and the only law they know is
perverted judgment.

God has called His people out of this corrupt system to be totally separated
unto Him, so they will not be part of the plagues God will bring upon this
nation.

"Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet:
and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow
the hiding place." Isaiah 28:17

"Judgment will I also lay to the line. . .". The line is what God uses to
make sure everything lines up with His Word. All judgments must line up with
His Holy Word. He lines up His righteousness to the plummet. The plummet
is a plumb line. All God's righteousness must be plumb on the vertical line,
and His judgments must be in line on the horizontal plane.

The hail of judgment will sweep away the refuge of lies God's people have
hidden themselves under. We will stand naked before our God. No hidden thought
or idea will go undetected. If we desire righteous judgment from our Father,
then we need to learn to do righteousness. One of the presidents who occupied
the presidency of this nation, stated:

". . .where we have been truest and most consistent in obeying its precepts,
we have attained the greatest measure of contentment and prosperity."
Franklin D. Roosevelt

As we witness the decline and fall of this once great, Christian nation,
we can but lament and cry out to God for His mercy. We need to realize this
nation will not turn back to God. But we, as God's people, can repent and
come out of her as God has given us direction. Then, when the words of Jesus
come to pass, we will not partake of her plagues.

"And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen,
and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!

For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster,
and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood
afar off,

And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like
unto this great city!" Revelation 18:16-18

God has written "ICHABOD" across the Star Spangled Banner because His glory
has departed.

The following is an outline of the contents of this book for Further
Discussion

Truth Has Fallen
Innocence or Guilt
The Bible - The Rock this Nation Founded Upon
Foundations Becoming Sand
God's Judgment on Babylon
Corrupt Moral Values
The Murder of the Unborn
Wake Up America!
Death, Mourning, and Famine